Casing-hook



P. s. BROOKS, JR.

CASING HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR- 24, I920.

1,363,639 Patented Dec= 28, 1920.

W/T/VESSES IIVI E/VTOR A TTORNEYS PRESTON SMITH BROOKS, JB., 0F SEWANEE,TENNESSEE.

CASING-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

Application filed March 24, 1920. Serial No. 368,297.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PRESTON S. BROOKS, J12,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sewanee, in the countyof F ranklin and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Casing-Hooks, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an improvement in casing hooks, and has for its objectto provide mechanism of the character specified, by means of which anold casing or a number of pieces of easing may be firmly secured on theoutside of a worn tire to permit the worn tire and the worn casingsections to be utilized.

in the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a side view of a wheel having an auxiliary tire held by theimproved hooks,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l. and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the hooks removed.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the improved hooks are shownin connection with a wheel comprising a hub 1 and a telly 2 connected tothe hub by spokes 3, the telly carrying the usual rim 4 having the sideflanges 4 for engaging the beads of a shoe or casing of usualconstruction.

. lVhen a tire becomes worn to the fabric, it must be discarded in theusual course, or when a tire becomes torn at the beads or has holes ofsuch size that it does not pay to repair the casing, it must bediscarded in the usual course. Portions of the torn shoe or casinghowever could be reused, if the torn portions were cut away.

Likewise the casing which is worn down to the fabric could be used, ifit had a tread. The present invention is designed to provide means forpermitting the relatively sound portions of the worn tire to be used inconnec tion with the worn casing, to provide a new tread therefor.

lVith this object in view, I provide a member in the form of a yokeconsisting of a body 6 and arms 7, each arm having an eye 8 at the endremote from the body, and the yoke is shaped to fit about the folly ofthe wheel as shown in Fig. 2, so that the eyes 8 are at the inner sideof the rim 4.

To each eye there is connected a pair of double hooks, each of the saidhooks consisting of a shank portion 9 and a bill 10, and the shankportions of each pair are connected as indicated at 11, the connectionpassing through the eye of the adjacent arm 8. As shown in Fig. 3, thebills 10 of these hooks are pointed and extend approximately parallel.with the shanks of the hooks, being connected to the shank by aconnecting portion which spaces the bill away from the shank.

In use, the sound portions of the shoe or casing are cut out from thetire, or the torn portions are cut away from the tire, and these soundportions indicated at 12, are

' placed outside of the worn casing 5 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Theportions are provided in such length that they will entirely cover theworn casing 5, abutting at their ends, and they are held by the hooksshown in Fig. 3.

Each yokeis arranged about the telly as shown in Fig. 2, and the billsof the hooks are sunk deeply into the holding flanges of the outsidecasing sections. The casing sections will abut the rim flanges, as shownin Fig. 2, and there is no possibility of dis engagement of the hooks.As many hooks may be used as may be necessary, to anchor all the casingsections in place.

I claim l. A device of the character specified, comprising a yoke-shapedbody adapted to fit about the folly and comprising a body ex tendingacross the telly and arms extending radially of the telly, each armhaving an eye at the end remote from the body, and a double hookconnected with each eye, each double hook consisting of a shank and abill extending substantially parallel with the shank and spaced awaytheretrom,the shanks of the hooks of each pair being connected, and theconnection passing through the adjacent eye of the hook.

2. A device of the character specified, comprising a yoke-shaped bodyadapted to fit about the folly and comprising a body extending acrossthe telly and arms extending radially of the telly, each arm having aneye at the end remote from the body, and a double hook connected witheach eye.

PRESTON SMITH BROOKS, JR.

